Friday, January 6, 2012

I have been working on my PP Pink-All-Around that I started in 2007! How do I know that? The instructions were in the container with the fabrics. I put all my material, thread, embellishments and patterns or instructions for each 'project' (started or not) in Sterilite containers...I'm a bit OCD or CDO (because the letters are in order!).

Well anyway, it went from bad to worse ...1. I miscut a piece so it wasn't large enough to cover the paper. Easy enough I matched up the polka-dots (what very little I had, it was excess on another piece) and sewed that together, looks pretty good and one can hardly see it (you can see it on left side of block edge).

2. While trimming up the blocks I (again) miscut (the same block mind you!) and made it too short! Okay, so I added a piece of the sashing to give it the proper length, about 1/8" was added and when I added the rest of the properly cut sashing it showed a bit more than I wanted, but 'oh-well'.

3. Finally, I pieced together the four PP twist blocks...yea progress!!

4. I cut the binding and guess what ... I should have made the binding 2" and not 1-3/8" as the instructions stated .... grrrrrrrrrr So they are tight but doable :D

5. Onward and upward ... this quilt top or wall hanging isn't going to get the best of me, not yet!!!!!!

6. I sewed the binding on and whilst "trimming" back for my mitered corners ... you guessed it - I miscut and cut one corner off !!!!!!!!!!!!

OFF TO BE QUILTED :D 1/2012 Turning-Twenty Aunt Grace top/needs sandwich and quilt

Seek & Ye Shall Find ... LOL

While I was searching through my fabrics, a while back, I discovered not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5 .... but many quilt kits I have purchased and neatly tucked away. I have several quilt kits still in boxes and I'm not even sure, at this point, what they are....Oh My!!

51" x 68" - LQS kit "Star Lit Lilacs"January 14, 2010 - While searching for a specific fabric late last night, hiding in a drawer I found not 1 but 2 more kits..eeek!Honeysuckle Harmony (Fons & Porter)Hungry Caterpillar£££££££££££££££££££££££££££

Antique QuiltsThis does not fall under kits but....Antique (literally from the 30s-40s) Crazy Patch quilt - blocks are 16" or 18" (short-term memory). I also don't remember how many blocks were finished and how many needed to be finished, but amazingly there is enough extra muslin and material included to make (finish) the blocks, all for $3.00 at a local church yard sale!!

February 8, 2010 - I found another treasure tucked away! Another Antique quilt top I found at a yard sale for $12. The edging is scalloped; sadly the scallops were not finished. The material color and fabric have faded but it was an 'odd' green to begin with. The texture of the fabric is similar to "flour sacks" with a loose weave. I have been unable to match the green fabric, anywhere. I'm going to check my EQ block library and see if I can come up with the block name.

I know I have a couple more Antique quilts just have to find them....HAHAHA